Abstract

An overview of Russian studies of deep-sea polymetallic sulfides (PМS) in the axial zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) at the Russian Exploration Area (REA‒PMS) is presented. A brief geological description of the axial zone of the MAR and PMS sites discovered and studied for almost forty years before and after the signing of an exploration contract with the International Seabed Authority in 2012 is given. Information on methods for conducting searches and exploration of PMS, technical equipment, as well as on metallurgical processing of raw materials is presented.

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